Diocese of Leribe, Lesotho

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Leribe / Leriben(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Maseru

1952.12.11: Established as Diocese of Leribe / Leriben(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Maseru and became suffragan of Bloemfontein)
1961.01.03: Became suffragan of Maseru

Bishop (2009.06.30 – ...):

Bishop Augustinus Tumaole Bane, O.M.I. (77)

President of Lesotho Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Bishops of Leribe (Roman Rite)

Bishop Augustinus Tumaole Bane, O.M.I. (77)
(2009.06.30 – ...)

Bishop of Leribe (Lesotho) (2009.06.30 – ...)

Bishop Paul Khoarai
(1970.03.07 – 2009.06.30)

Bishop of Leribe (Lesotho) (1970.03.07 – 2009.06.30)

Archbishop Alfonso Liguori Morapeli, O.M.I.
(Apostolic Administrator 1968.06.18 – 1970.07)

Bishop Ignatius Phakoe, O.M.I.
(1961.01.03 – 1968.06.18)

Bishop of Leribe (Lesotho) (1961.01.03 – 1968.06.18)

Titular Bishop of Bettona (1968.06.18 – 1989.07.23)

Bishop Emanuel Mabathoama, O.M.I. (later Archbishop)
(1952.12.11 – 1961.01.03)

Bishop of Leribe (Lesotho) (1952.12.11 – 1961.01.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maseru (Lesotho) (1961.01.03 – 1966.09.20)

Area: 5,215 km²

Population: 266,753 Catholics (58.5% of 455,700 total)

Pastoral Centres: 19 parishes

Personnel: 33 priests (29 diocesan, 4 religious), 193 religious (6 brothers, 187 sisters), 14 seminarians